La Rioja Argentina

La Rioja Argentina is a IG in Argentina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (provincial)

Area

9,149,231 ha registered outline

Centre

29.8527° S, 66.8580° W

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

49 km south of La Rioja

Nearest city

99 km south-east of Chilecito 42,248 people

To the sea

427 km

Same latitude

Far North (Australia)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

185–6,684 m

Mean elevation

1,400 m

Measured over the whole outline on 82,062 elevation cells of about 1,060 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Inside La Rioja Argentina · 9

• AraucoAppellation
• Castro BarrosAppellation
• ChilecitoAppellation
• FamatinaAppellation
• Felipe VarelaAppellation
• General LamadridAppellation
• San Blas de los SaucesAppellation
• SanagastaAppellation
• VinchinaAppellation

Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))